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  • Title: Impaction of feces in a loop of sigmoid colon: a rare cause of incarceration of inguinal hernia in children.
    Author: Roy AK, Ghildiyal JP.
    Journal: Int J Surg; 2008 Dec; 6(6):e7-8. PubMed ID: 19059140.
    Abstract:
    Incarceration of inguinal hernia in children is not a very rare occurrence. The incidence of incarceration of hernia is about 12-17% in children below 10 years of age and two-thirds of incarcerations occur during the first year of life. Sigmoid colon as a content of childhood hernia is a very rare occurrence. We report a case of child with incarceration of inguinal hernia caused by impaction of feces in a loop of sigmoid colon. To the best of my knowledge this will be the first case report of such a finding in children.
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